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They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us

Hanif Abdurraqib

291 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir music race sociology emotional reflective medium-paced
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Deesha Philyaw

179 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

Kindred

Octavia E. Butler

288 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

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fiction classics historical speculative fiction dark emotional tense medium-paced
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

247 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

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nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own

Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

272 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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nonfiction biography history politics race reflective slow-paced
Maud Martha by Gwendolyn Brooks

Maud Martha

Gwendolyn Brooks

192 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

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fiction classics literary poetry reflective fast-paced
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays by Kiese Laymon

How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America: Essays

Kiese Laymon

164 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

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nonfiction essays memoir race emotional reflective medium-paced
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go

Kazuo Ishiguro

288 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

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fiction dystopian literary science fiction emotional reflective sad slow-paced
A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance

Hanif Abdurraqib

300 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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nonfiction history music race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Real Life by Brandon Taylor

Real Life

Brandon Taylor

327 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

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fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced